242 l^EKTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. tonttiA. 



8. L. Cardinalis L, : stem erect ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, serrate ; raceme secund, somewhat !ea(y ; stamens longer 

 than the corolla. W il t d. Spec. 1. p. 944. Bot.Mag.i. 

 320. Mich. Ft.U.^. \b\. P ?/ r 5 /t /7. II. p. 448. Big, 

 Bost.p.55, Elliott Sk.l. ip. 268, W a 1 1, Car.Tp. 21B. 

 Roem. i-i- Schult, V. p. 50. 



J?oo/ perennial. 5Vem 2 feet high, very smooth, simple. Leaves 

 smooth, acute at each extremity, erosely serrate ; lower ones 

 tapering to a petiole at the base. Race7ne 8 — 12 inches long, 

 iTiany-flowered. Flowers very large, on angular pubescent 

 pedicels half an inch in length. Superior foliaceous brads 

 glandular denticulate. Tube of the calyx short, obtusely tur- 

 binate, smooth, with 5 prominent nerves ; segments linear-su- 

 bulate. Corolla bright scarlet, tube an inch long, slender ; 

 segments of the lower Up oblong-lanceolate ; those of the up- 

 per lip linear-oblong. Stamens projecting one-third of their 

 length beyond the tube of the corolla; anthers cucullate, 

 smooth, blue ; filaments scarlet, flat. Style filifornn ; stigma, 

 with 2 spreading lobes, at length projecting beyond the sta- 

 mens, covered with a membranaceous iiwolucrum or frarfu- 

 sium. 



Hab. In swamps a«d wet thickets. July — August. Cardinal 



fionuer^ 



167. LONICERA. L. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla with the tube elongated; 

 border 5-cleft, generally unequal. Stamens exsertcd. 

 Stigma globose. Berry distinct, 3-celled, many-seed- 

 ed, LoNicER^.y/>/>. Z>.,&c. Caprifolium Tourrio 

 Juss. p. 212. Lam. ///. t. CL. f. 1. Roem. b' 

 Seliult. Gen. 926. Nat. Ord. Caprifolia /w*^. 

 Honey- stickle or Woodbine. 



T. L. Ursula Eaton: spikes verticillate, terminal, sub- 

 capitate, glandulous-pubescent; leaves broad-ovate and obo- 

 vate, pubescent and ciliate, glaucous beneath; upper ones 

 connate-perfoliate, nearly smooth. Eaton Man. Bot. ed. 

 3. p. 341. Cavrifoi.ivm pubescens G oldie in Edin. Phil, 

 Jour. Apr. 1 822. Hook. Exot. Bol. t. 27. 



5^cm frutescent, climbing from left to right, 20 — 30 feet long. 

 Leaves nearly sessile, or narrowed at the base into a short pe- 

 tiole, sometimes only slightly pubescent, but always distinctly 

 ciliate; uppermost pairs rarely pubescent or ciliate. Pedun- 

 cles generally in threes, 6 — 8-flowered. Calyx very minute. 

 Corolla yellow, an inch long, pubescent ; tube a little gibbous 

 on one side near the base, villous within ; lower lip deflected, 

 entire; upper one with 4 oblong obtuse lobes. Stamens ex- 

 serted; filaments a little hairy ; a'nthcrs linear-oblong. Style 



